NEW JERSEY DROPS APPEAL
Following last week’s temporary court victory for gay marriage, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has decided to end his legal battle against marriage equality. On Friday, the New Jersey Supreme Court rejected Christie’s request to suspend a lower court’s ruling that civil marriage licenses be granted to same-sex couples in the state from Monday, October […]
ALL THE JOBURG PRIDE INFO
More details about this Saturday’s Johannesburg Pride in Sandton, which will include a march, have been released by the organisers. The event, which was set to take place on September 28, was controversially postponed at the last minute after the Johannesburg Pride Planning Committee said that the original Newtown inner city location was unsafe. Johannesburg […]
CLINT’S HUNKY SON FOR “50 SHADES”?
There’s Hollywood casting buzz that silver screen legend Clint Eastwood’s gorgeous son is a contender for the coveted role of Christian Grey. The 27-year-old Scott Eastwood is reportedly one of five actors being considered to play the male lead in the film version of E.L. James’ erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. The renewed hunt […]
DUDUZILE MURDER SUSPECT IN COURT
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the horror slaying of 26-year-old lesbian Duduzile Zozo. Zozo’s body was found in Thokoza, outside of Johannesburg, on Sunday 30 June. She had been raped with a toilet brush and is believed to have been strangled to death. Her degrading and brutal murder made headlines and […]
RUSSIA: GAY PARENT BILL DROPPED
A bill that was set to take children away from their gay or lesbian parents in Russia has been dropped, at least for now. According to Interfax, the bill proposed by the deputy of the Russian State Duma, Alexey Zhuravlev, failed to secure sufficient support and was withdrawn for redrafting. Zhuravlyov’s assistant, Sofya Cherepanova, told […]
GIVE JAILED ZAMBIAN MEN BAIL!
Human rights groups – the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) – say that the Zambian High Court must give bail to two awaiting trial men jailed for almost five months on charges of homosexuality. James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22-years-old and from Kapiri, have been accused […]
NJ COURT: YES TO GAY MARRIAGES
An attempt by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to stop same-sex marriages from going ahead in his state has been thwarted. On Friday, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously declined Christie’s request for a stay of a lower court’s ruling that civil marriage licenses be granted to same-sex couples beginning today, October 21st. The governor […]
CHILE NEO-NAZI GAY KILLERS GUILTY
A Chilean court has found four men guilty of the horrific torture and murder of a young gay man that generated international headlines. Twenty-four-year-old Daniel Zamudio was viciously assaulted over a period of hours in a park in Santiago in March. His attackers, believed to be part of a neo-Nazi group, not only beat him […]
MAYORS MUST MARRY GAY COUPLES
France’s mayors have been told by that country’s highest court that they cannot opt out of marrying same-sex couples. In June, Jean-Michel Colo, the mayor of the town of Arcangues, refused to marry a gay couple after rejecting France’s marriage equality law as “illegitimate”. Other mayors in France also refused to accept the law and […]
IT’S ALMOST OVER FOR GLEE
‘Gleeks’ will no doubt be in mourning after the creator of Glee, the gay-affirming American musical television series, confirmed that it will all come to an end next year. As reported by TVLine’s Michael Ausiello, producer Ryan Murphy told reporters on Wednesday that the show’s next season will be its last. He also revealed that […]